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Commando 41-12322

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12322

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26449

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU89

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to November 1943

  41-12322 - USAAF (USA)

24 March 1943

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to New Castle AAB, DE.

8 April 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

1 May 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 30th Transport Group based in Mohanbari, Assam, India.

5 November 1943

Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre, condemned for salvage. [MACR 1081]

 

Right: 41-12322 showing somewhat of a beat-up look on this blurred picture.
Photo credit: USAF

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Last edited: 15/05/2019